• Where Food Comes From – Visit with Horse Listeners Orchards’ Matt Couzens

    Dining Center

    As the kickoff to Bon Appetit's series to help the Emerson community have a better understanding of 'where food comes from,' Horse Listeners Orchards' Matt Couzens will visit campus and share his experiences as a local farm producer. After a corporate career spanning 32 years, Matt wanted to try something different. He had no farming […]

  • Love Food, Love Filipino

    Dining Center

    In another of our LOVE FOOD series, we will feature foods from Southeast Asia. The primary flavors of Filipino cuisine are sour, salty, and sweet. Some examples include: the use of peanuts in kare kare and the use of coconut milk in ginataan dishes which bear resemblance to Thai, Indonesian, and Indian foods. Filipino eating […]

  • “Friendsgiving Dinner”

    Dining Center

    Come join us in the Dining Center for a classic, american home-style dinner where you can give thanks to all that you have and celebrate the friendships you enjoy with your fellow classmates.

  • Cooking is an Art and a Science: Chiffonade

    Dining Center

    Another featured cooking technique as part of our "Cooking is an Art and a Science" is chiffonade that we use to create delicate ribbons of leafy vegetables or herbs with an easy-to-master knife skill. We stack the leaves, roll them into a cylinder, then slice thinly crosswise for an elegant, eye-catching garnish for pasta, salad, […]

  • Sushi Bar on Friday

    Dining Center

    Roll into your weekend with vegetarian sushi, california rolls with salmon, spicy tuna rolls, california crab rolls, and edamame salad.

  • Diwali – Taste of Southeast Asia

    Dining Center

    Diwali, Deepavali or Dipavali is the Hindu festival of lights, which is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance". Honor the celebration by trying some of great dishes with the taste […]

  • World Vegan Day

    Dining Center

    World Vegan Day is an annual event celebrated by vegans around the world every November 1st. The benefits of veganism for humans, non-human animals, and the natural environment will be celebrated at the Pure station with entrees that include carrot oso buco, roasted fingerling potatoes with rosemary and thyme, stewed white beans with jalapenos, and […]

  • Halloween Costume Contest

    Dining Center

    Come in the Dining Center in costume for the chance to win a prize for “Best Costume.” While you're there be sure to try various Halloween taste treats!

  • Meet the Manager: Tinney Zhu, Café Manager

    Dining Center

    Growing up in a household with a father who was a chef in an Asian fusion restaurant, Tinney was introduced to a wide range of some great tasting and interesting food. From an early age, she learned the importance to try anything and everything at least once. From her first taste of sushi, Tinney was […]

  • Cooking is an Art and a Science: Braise

    Dining Center

    Cooking is both an art and a science. The technical parts of cooking involve chemistry, mathematics and physics. The art of cooking involves pleasing the eye and the palate. We first "taste" the food we we eat by observing how it looks. On October 24th our Chefs will feature one particular technique known as braising. […]

  • Meet the Manager: George Altug, Café Manager

    Dining Center

    George's culinary inspiration comes from his father who operated a restaurant in Istanbul Turkey where he was born and raised. Growing up, George lived in his father's kitchens that has triggered a lifetime of being around food. He came to America in 2000 to study digital media arts, animation and modeling in Boca Raton Florida. […]

  • Oktoberfest

    Dining Center

    Kick-off Family Weekend with a celebration of Fall favorites.